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LATEST UPDATESINDIA TRAVEL BANMASKS Q&AVACCINE DISTRIBUTIONBLOOD CLOT Q&ASTATE-BY-STATE VACCINE GUIDE
Coronavirus Strain Found in India Is a ‘Variant of Concern,’ WHO Says
B.1.617 becomes fourth variant so classified by agency, which says it may be more transmissible than some others
A train carriage in Agartala, India, has been converted into a ward for Covid-19 patients.
PHOTO: XINHUA/ZUMA PRESS
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Suryatapa Bhattacharya
in Tokyo and
Drew Hinshaw
in Milan
Updated May 10, 2021 1:01 pm ET
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The World Health Organization declared a coronavirus variant first identified in India as a global “variant of concern,” saying preliminary studies showed it may be more transmissible than some other variants.
The variant, known as B.1.617, is being studied by scientists around the world as they try to figure out its role in the fast-growing Covid-19 surge in India.
“The pattern now is that one person in the family gets it, the whole family seems to get it. This is unlike the first wave. And so I think what we’re seeing is more transmissible,” the WHO’s chief scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, said in an interview
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Coronavirus Strain Found in India Is a ‘Variant of Concern,’ WHO Says
B.1.617 becomes fourth variant so classified by agency, which says it may be more transmissible than some others
A train carriage in Agartala, India, has been converted into a ward for Covid-19 patients.
PHOTO: XINHUA/ZUMA PRESS
By
Suryatapa Bhattacharya
in Tokyo and
Drew Hinshaw
in Milan
Updated May 10, 2021 1:01 pm ET
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The World Health Organization declared a coronavirus variant first identified in India as a global “variant of concern,” saying preliminary studies showed it may be more transmissible than some other variants.
The variant, known as B.1.617, is being studied by scientists around the world as they try to figure out its role in the fast-growing Covid-19 surge in India.
“The pattern now is that one person in the family gets it, the whole family seems to get it. This is unlike the first wave. And so I think what we’re seeing is more transmissible,” the WHO’s chief scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, said in an interview
